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Flatfish+++ runs away
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:10:46 GMT, Rick No you don't see. You are missing the point yet AGAIN. I'm growing weary of repeating myself, but here it goes again. Ardour is available, so is...
Linux takes seriout hit in server space 2648
After takin' a swig o' grog, OK belched out this bit o' wisdom: This one cracks me up: GoDaddy.com to Migrate Entire Hostname Portfolio Onto...
Linux takes seriout hit in server space 2649
Two comments. (1) Something is fishy about GoDaddy's move here. Hosting a parked domain is trivial. Starting from scratch, if I had to do it, I'd go buy some cheap...
Linux takes seriout hit in server space 2650
snips On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:25:37 +0100, OK None whatsoever. That is, unless one is confusing "market...
Microsoft: Schools Fail to Teach Computing 2651
I know what you mean. Community college bookstores fail to stock books about how to write c programs that run on LINUX...
Microsoft: Schools Fail to Teach Computing 2652
ericmatteson2003november on Saturday 01 April 2006 21:04 I see that you decided to share a program with the world (some...
Microsoft: Schools Fail to Teach Computing 2653
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, 7 wrote on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:17:00 GMT *DING* clippy graphic It appears you are attempting to write provocateur literature...
Microsoft: Schools Fail to Teach Computing 2654
Op Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:10:20 +0000, schreef B Gruff: Same here - but even worse. Some years ago, my stepdaughter (who was...
Microsoft: Schools Fail to Teach Computing 2655
I've posted this before, but I think it deserves more attention: ... When schools select commercial software packages, the students...
Poor fatboy Culley
What has M$ gotten right? I see they've tricked a lot of people into parting with their cash. I see they've lied and cheated and stolen and threatened their way...
2005 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Announced
PRWEB) March 7, 2006 -- The polls are closed and the results are in for the 2005 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Firefox, MySQL and OpenOffice.org. The Members Choice Awards allow members of the Linux community to...
Looking to purchase laptop
I think I will get a better deal on a computer w-o MS in the very near future. That's my main point...
basic unix knowledge
In another Linux group, a newbie asked if it was possible to make it so that users could not see the home directories of other users. E.g., if you have users "foo", "bar", and "spam...
basic unix knowledge
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sandman wrote on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:13:29 +0100 At some point, one should be able to configure pam to not...
THANX
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Proof of CentOS hacking Discussion, linux 2662
Well, I'd say you responded to the "libel" part when your response came right after a paragraph that was only about libel. Oh? You think...
Proof of CentOS hacking Discussion, linux 2663
Maybe not but (1) he didn't tell them and (2) even if he had, that would not be libel. It might be a different civil or criminal matter, but not...
Proof of CentOS hacking
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, High Plains Thumper wrote on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:31:23 +0000 (UTC) I frankly don't know *what* happened, but this response...
The myth of "intellectual property
The myth of "intellectual property" ... Intellectual property is a "smudge" term, blurring together a number of distinct concepts, such as copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Each of...
Windows' days are numbered
In the April 19th 1965 edition Electronics Magazine, Gordon E. Moore was quoted as saying...
Windows' days are numbered 2667
Ian Hilliard Apparently you haven't done your homework (Linux bozos rarely do). It was less than one week ago that Sony even...
Windows' days are numbered 2668
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:38:51 -0700, ray While Ian's argument's are technologically sound, they fail to take into account the business factor. Microsoft's...
Windows' days are numbered 2668 plus 1
begin oeprotect.scr Whilst I agree with your buttessment regarding businesses, in that some businesses will choose to remain with Microsoft, I tend to agree with Ian's view that Windows has reached the end of the...
Windows' days are numbered 2670
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:15:54 -0500, DFS There is no need to say that it is Linux. It is not like the contracts with Microsoft...
Windows' days are numbered 2671
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:15:16 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch You can't get past the laws of physics. As I stated before the current goes up with frequency for a given capacitance...
Windows' days are numbered 2672
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:30:49 +0200, Ian Hilliard As I said, I've heard these arguments before. At...
Windows' days are numbered 2673
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:47:12 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch Where tracks are only a few atoms thick, there is not much more room for reduction. You...
Speaking of Windoze Desktop Dominance in the Past Tense
When the corporate media, especially the business section, starts to make statements like this: "*When Microsoft ruled the desktop-software universe*, delays didn't matter. Microsoft marketers could announce a product...
Speaking of Windoze Desktop Dominance in the Past Tense 2675
NoStop MS clearly still does rule the desktop-software universe. operating system: 90% to 95% of the...
Speaking of Windoze Desktop Dominance in the Past Tense 2676
NoStop on Saturday 25 March 2006 15:15 80% of spam is being sent from compromised Windows...
Why dissing MS is good Linux advocacy
When I first started posting to COLA I used to flag anti-MS articles with OT in the subject line. This was a relatively rare occurence as the newsgroup was not...
Why dissing MS is good Linux advocacy
Tim Smith As you say below, it's more complicated than that. I think the new model pushes down the control of thecoreelements of software from the tower to...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS
Well, since MS OS plans seem to be the only thing of interest to some Linux advocates, let's speculate on...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2680
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:41:49 +0000, Tim Smith You mistake "source of endless amusement" with "only thing of interest". Step 1: Drop release schedules1. In software, you have a...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2681
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:31:56 +0000, Kelsey Bjarnason Amen. I had to tell one of my employees basically the...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2682
Tim Smith spewed this total nonsense: I would roll my own Linux based on Debian, possibly using Ubuntu-Kubuntu as the base, and build in proprietary support to run all Windows software natively. They could...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2683
I'll bite, these are the reasons I like linux. Fix all the security bugs, so Windows dosen't have a NEED...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2684
This is a red herring. There are plenty of security flaws found all the time in Linux. Just like with Mac OSX and the BSD's. Any moderatly complex (and an OS is...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2685
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:27:01 -0600, Erik Funkenbusch Hover the cursor over the icons and it will...
If you were in charge of the next MS OS... 2686
snips On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:08:47 -0500, TheLetterK One has to recall the mindset; they're not interested in *using* Linux, just in seeing it fail. Why isn't clear; they've...
COLA Stats 26 Mar 2006
ngstats.pl version 1.18 This report covers 2259 articles received by this system to newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toplist of...
Ubuntu + Fluxbox = nUbuntu
I found SAM linux which is a liveCD (and you can also install it) which uses XFce as the GUI. It seems to use Mandrake as it's...
Hints That Microsoft May Use IP Against Linux 2689
Erik Funkenbusch No, but he does say "intellectual property". And as the author points out, this is...
Hints That Microsoft May Use IP Against Linux 268 plus 10
Rob Hughes on Sunday 26 March 2006 16:10 many such patents, which Microsoft have been accumulating are...
Hints That Microsoft May Use IP Against Linux 268 plus 11
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:38:43 +0100, Roy Schestowitz Perhaps. But even Red Hat has...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 268 plus 12
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:56:31 +0100 Incorrect, though the reasons are many. First, one has to explicitly *get* it; Microsoft and Tiger are both bundled with the...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 268 plus 13
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:56:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz Buy a Mac and turn it on...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 268 plus 14
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:45:21 GMT, Rick First you have to find one. Then you...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 268 plus 15
On Mar 26, 2006, Rick No problem. Actually, here are 376: 2x 64studio abuledu adamantix adios admelix demudi alinex alinux alixe...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows
Actually, it's easier for the end user to buy a Mac and turn it on than to...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 268 plus 17
Sandman snip Sandman, Dec 29, 2005: "I bought a Dell XPS laptop. It's actually quite fine..." Sandman, Jan 6. 2004: "I don't know if you know, but I recently built...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 268 plus 18
Sandman on Sunday 26 March 2006 20:15 You can buy a machine with Linux pre-installed. Many vendors do this nowadays and this isfarcheaper (for low...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows
True - but finding them isn't always easy, and even if they are you're only "just as" easy as Windows and OSX. That goes without saying - but we're not talking price here. I can afford...
Why Linux is Easier to Use than Mac OS X or Windows 2700
More replying to Sandman than to Roy Roy Schestowitz ... I have my window focus set to follow mouse (which...
people_ready
While dancing and signing to Enya's Carribean Blue, DFS exclaimed: I guess that it's pretty hard to watch the commercial with your head stuck up...
Microsoft Breakup Imminent GNULinux Loses
What I'm getting at is that you have to be extremely careful with challenge-response systems. Running...
BoxTrapperFilters Was: Microsoft Breakup Imminent
Tim Smith on Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:34 Yes, Brad Templeton had me aware of this: Some months ago, I came to realise that my Supervisor's filter had dozens of my messages...
Denmark joins France in AppleDRMBashing
Rick on Tuesday 28 March 2006 12:15 My point was that it would remain an application-specific playlist...
Linux Environments for Windows 2705
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:45:40 +0100 Needed or not, they're out there. Disclaimer: I've not tried any of...
Linux Environments for Windows 2706
The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:59 I only tried Cygwin; a couple of times...
MythTV Invades Cable, TiVo 2707
Haupauge makes a nice line of capture cards with rock solid Linux support. Their low end cards can be purchased for under $100. I spent a bit more ($150) and got one with a remote...
MythTV Invades Cable, TiVo 2708
Maybe a little more research would stand you in good stead in this instance. You don't buy mpeg...
MythTV Invades Cable, TiVo 2709
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:07:52 +0100, Jamie Hart I know what i'm talking about. I beg to differ...
MythTV Invades Cable, TiVo 2710
That is not a common card, it is a high end card. Try: or for common cards. Note that neither includes a hardware decoder. Sure, but the...
MythTV Invades Cable, TiVo 2711
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:36:13 -0600, JEDIDIAH Not exactly. TiVo has the luxury of an excellent MPEG encoder-decoder and high quality video switching hardware...
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